I Can't Keep Pretending

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Christian

I should probably wake Tessa up, or she won't fall asleep tonight. I have just the thing that will take her mind off her dad for a while.

"Hey Tess wake up." Nothing. "Tess come on seriously." Still nothing so I start to shake her shoulder a little. "You could sleep through a hurricane couldn't you?"

"Hmmm what?"

"Well look who finally decided to wake up? Oh Tess!" She just closes her eyes again. Jeez there is no way to get this her up until she wants to get up. God forbid there is a fire or something and she is asleep, because if that happened she wouldn't make it out. That's for sure.

"Tess seriously get up. I just thought of something really fun we can go do."

"Hmmm what? Christian can't you see I am sleeping."

"Yes I can I am not blind, but its Thursday and I think there might me a Cardinal Game on? What to see if we can head down to the ball park and get some nose bleed seats?" That woke her up.

"Oh my gosh Christian that would be so much fun! Go look online while I get dressed!" she said as she sprang up from bed and went to her luggage for some clothes. I knew that would make her happy. She loves to watch baseball and the Cardinals are her favorite. I try to get us tickets to their games when I know she is coming in town, but well her coming in town was short of a surprise thing so I didn't get any. I got up and went to the computer to see if there is even a game tonight. Its late October so there might be some playoff games we can still see. I click on the search and find a website with the information. Sure enough there is a game on tonight, and if we leave in 20 minutes we can make it before the first pitch is thrown.

"Tess we have 20 minutes till we need to leave so get ready fast while I change and leave a note for your mom." I yell up to Tess.

She replies with, "Okay Christian I will be down in a second."

We both know that's not true. If it has anything to do with her getting ready on time there is no way that happens, ever. Well actually I think that's more her mother's doing, but Tess defiantly inherited that gene. It only happens when they really need to be somewhere though ironically. So we will most likely get there at the end of the 1st inning. Well I better go change; to bad I don't have any Cardinal gear with me. I will just have to improvise with a red shirt, and will see if Tess has an extra Cardinal hat or something.

Tessa

As I get ready I can't stop thinking about how much fun this is going to be. Then I hear Christian come in and I turn around.

"What are you wearing Christian! That isn't cardinally looking at all!"

"Yeah about that....I didn't pack anything to wear to a game so....what you see is what you get."

"Yeah well I am not going to any game with you when you look like that! You just wait right there buster, while I go find something for you to wear." With that I walk out of my room and into my brothers.

To think that Christian wanted to go looking like that hmm-ph. well he has another thing coming. I know Bryce has something Christian can wear. Wow I haven't been in here in a while. I don't think mom has changed a thing. It even smells like Bryce. We all miss him so much. He was so funny. Every time I was with him he would make me laugh so hard my stomach started hurting. Sure enough in his closet Bryce has a Cardinal shirt and two hats, one for me, and one for Christian that we can wear. Bryce and I were Cardinal fans through and through. If I wasn't going to a game with Christian, it would be with Bryce.